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Hyndburn Borough Council

Equality Impact Assessments

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Accountancy Audit and Investigations Benefits and Customer Services Community Services Corporate Property Environmental Health Haworth Art Gallery Housing and Regeneration Human Resources ICT Legal including Member Services, Area Councils, Civic Services and Debt Recovery Parks and Open Spaces Planning Policy, Partnership and Performance Waste Services To see more about how we record and store your […]

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Great Harwood Market

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Great Harwood holds a separate Market Charter granted by King Edward III in 1338 giving the right to hold a market on Fridays. Great Harwood Market operates every Friday on the Town Gate at the junction of Queen Street, Blackburn Road and Church Street. Operating times are 8.30am to 3.00pm approximately. For more details and […]

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Charitable Car Boot Sales

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Hyndburn Borough Council has the sole right to operate the markets within the borough.  Any organisation wishing to hold a car boot sale to raise charitable funds must apply for a licence from the market office. The licence fee is a nominal £1 and the car boot sale can operate on any day of the […]

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Individual Electoral Registration

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If you wish to remove your name from the OPEN register please ring 01254 380132 and staff will be able to assist. The registration system changed in June 2014. The new system is called Individual Electoral Registration. Individual Electoral Registration (IER) is being introduced nationally to help tackle electoral fraud and it paves the way […]

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Referenda in Hyndburn

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A Referenda is a ballot by which people directly decide between (usually two) alternatives on a major issue, such as whether or not to adopt a particular agenda, etc. A referendum was held on Thursday 23 June 2016 to decide on the question: Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union or […]

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Overseas Electors

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Anyone who is living overseas/abroad is entitled to vote in the UK for a period of 15 years after they were last included on the electoral register. If you have never been registered then you will not be eligible to be registered as an overseas elector. If you left the UK before you were 18 […]

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Electoral Links

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The Electoral Commission www.electoralcommission.org.uk An independent body set up by the UK Parliament in 2000. It is independent of the government and political parties and is directly accountable to Parliament through a committee chaired by the Speaker of the House of Commons. The Boundary Commission www.statistics.gov.uk The Boundary Commission for England is a Non-Departmental Public […]

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Flood Advice and Sandbag Use

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Hyndburn Borough Council is in the process of collecting information on flooding events in the Borough of Hyndburn. If you have been affected by flooding please fill in the Report a Flood form or report the flood to a member of the Engineering Team on 01254 388 111. The Council does not currently have any […]

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Civil Parking Enforcement

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Hyndburn Borough Council carries out parking enforcement on the Councils shoppers car parks. Civil Enforcement Officers will issue a Penalty Charge Notice (PCN)  to any vehicle which appears to be contravening parking regulations.  Payments are processed by Chipside Lancashire. To pay or challenge a PCN visit the Chipside Lancashire website. For information on Penalty Charge Notices issued on the street visit the Lancashire […]

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